AMD has announced updates to its AMD Core Math Library (ACML), which is designed to provide software developers with optimised, multi-threaded math routines used by scientific, engineering, business and consumer applications that require maximum performance.

ACML offers support for all major x86 operating environments including Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

"The enhancements in ACML 4.0 underscore AMD's ongoing commitment to delivering more advanced and powerful development tools to programmers, especially as the industry continues to evolve to many-core processing environments," said Margaret Lewis, director of Commercial Solutions, AMD. "With these enhancements to ACML, programmers seeking to unleash the computing power of AMD's native quad-core processors will have highly optimised support for complex mathematical and linear programming."

Enhancements to ACML announced include an update to the Linear Algebra Package (LAPACK) and increased optimisations for Quad-Core AMD Processors, including Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors and the upcoming AMD Phenom quad-core processor. ACML is specifically designed to use key components of next-generation AMD processors, including Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE), and to create highly threaded code that can help developers to better utilise multi-core processor technology.